{"id":3358,"date":"2024-04-23T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:55:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:55:12","slug":"st-georges-day-23-april-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/04\/23\/st-georges-day-23-april-3\/","title":{"rendered":"St George’s Day 23 April"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This festival celebrates Saint George,the patron saint of England and has a wealth of tradition and history behind it. It is also celebrated by various Christian churches\u00a0and by the several nations, kingdoms, countries and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint, including regions of Spain and Portugal in particular.\u00a0At the heart of St. George\u2019s Day is the legend of St. George himself, an individual who is believed to have lived during the third century and is a key saint in Christianity. Despite there being other popular legends such as his service as a soldier in the Roman army, protesting the persecution of Christians, the most common legend is of George as an heroic knight, slaying the dragon to save the princess; an image of courage and bravery in the face of adversity.

St. George\u2019s Day is celebrated in various ways to reflect the diversity of traditions, customs and cultures in England. Some examples include parades and festivals that can include marching bands, traditional costumes, and the presence of the St. George\u2019s Cross flag. Another important celebration of St. George\u2019s Day is the church services that happen across England, in these services you can expect to hear prayers, hymns and sermons that reflect George\u2019s legacy of courage and selflessness. However, no celebration would be complete without a drink and a good English dinner; sometimes people opt for traditional English food like roast dinners to cement the national pride.

The overarching theme of this celebration is to embrace the country\u2019s background with
a sense of pride; through the celebrations, the flags, England\u2019s culture and heritage,
many take this day as an opportunity to reflect on this element of their identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Post submitted by Lorna, Student Experience Ambassador This festival celebrates Saint George,the patron saint of England and has a wealth of tradition and history behind it. It is also celebrated by various Christian churches\u00a0and by the several nations, kingdoms, countries and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint, including regions of Spain and … Continue reading “St George’s Day 23 April”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":3360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3363,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions\/3363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}